@ Jax: Yeah, it's been about 15 years since I joined, so this place has a lot of memories for me too.

It sounds like you've done a lot to help revive this place too! Going through themembers list is a big job! I was going through the member's list the other daytrying to find an old friend...I didn't realize that A-U had THAT many members! I went past a thousand pages just to hit the T's.

This really was a good place to meet other Tolkien fans. I know there are a lotof people, even now, who would be happy to be here. We just have to find them.

I am going to go on Yahooanswers and see if I can find anymore Tolkien fans thatway. I am just gonna do anything I can think of!

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Synariel Yeah, I know there has got to be more people who would love to be here.

Lol... yeah the member list to me the better part of the day/evening. Though, there were many members who had no website or way to contact them so I didn't really get in contact with very many and have only had 4-5 responses. Some say they would like to, others say no... most say they would like to but they are too busy.

What about getting ahold of the mods and seeing about doing a new layout. Another member had mentioned that might help drive in some trafic. Any ideas which mods are still active?

Hm... yahoo answers is a good idea.

Just wondering, what do you say in your messages to people when you mention AU and how is a good way to initiate that kind of a conversation without seeming intrusive or spammy?

I think a new layout would definitely be good. As far as I know, Arwen is the only one with control over that though. :/ I don't know if she ever checks in these days.

I recently messaged a couple of moderators and I have heard nothing back.I don't think any of our mods are active right now. I keep looking at the namesof recent posters to see any of the mods have been on and, nope. :/

Oh sorry I didn't answer that question last time, I didn't realize you were askingme (thought you were asking Marida). But ok, so I do different things in differentplaces.

-On tumblr, I made a blog (link in my sig) and I tried messaging bloggersjust by saying "Hi, I'm from Arwen-Undomiel.com and were are trying to revive our forum! If you would like to discuss Tolkien books or movies with us please come by the forum and join in our discussions! Thank you!"That's not verbatim, but basically it was like that. I heard NOTHING back fromanyone, so maybe they found that message annoying???

-After that, I tried messaging people and asking them to check out my blogwith no mention of AU. Just "Hi if you have time can you please check out lotr my blog? Thanks if you can!" And suddenly I started getting some responses. I figure with this approach, as I get more followers, I can makeseveral posts with content from AU and hopefully that will lead people here.People usually respond very nicely to a simple request to check out your blog.

-On yahooanswers, I ask a bunch of questions like "What are some good LOTRdiscussions sites?" and then in details I add "I know about arwen-undomiel.comwhich is great! But I would like to know about more too, so please list them below."This way I can put in a good word for AU without anyone realizing I'm trying topromote it. So far answers have been polite and no one seems to suspect. ^^Also, I figure it may be a good way to find affiliate websites, so I am interested in the answersgiven.

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Cool! No worries Synariel.

Thanks! That gives me a good idea to work with, that's all I was wanting.

Yeah... I messaged Arwen the webmaster through a personal website of hers that I think she is still active through... she never emailed back. It was a website for her work, however, so no telling if she got it.

I will look through the mods now and again too and maybe if I ever catch one that has logged on I will message them.

I wouldn't recommend emailing her on her personal email. She is quite busy and made a point of stepping back entirely years ago when she handed the reins over to the community because she no longer had the time to commit to maintaining this website/forum.

Thank you Aredhel for the tip. ^^ Is there any other particular person she left charge?Did she appoint a new webmaster?

And thank you Jax!!! I've never actually seen her face before and I've never seenher photography either. It was really cool to get to see all of that! She's quitegood at what she does.

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Ok, I have another idea. If we can get everyone to pitch in, it will hopefully be effective.

I think part of the reason people don't want to join here, or don't do anything aftersigning up is because most of the boards are obviously inactive. Obviously this woulddeter a person and make our site look boring. But maybe if we fake activity, it wouldencourage more people to join and post!

I'm thinking we could do this by getting our most active members to post in each mainboard everyday. That way, when people check out our forum, all of the boards will say "Today...." as the latest update, thus making us look way more active than we actually are. If people think this place is bumpin' they will be more excited about it. And doing this shouldn't be a bucket load of work either, as we wouldn't need to post on several threads, just one in every board.

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I did think of that Aredhel, but I had no idea how else to contact her. I started off with an apology about using her professional e-mail to contact her.

She actually did respond, though, and she said it was no problem! She said she would be willing to help in what ways she can. She (as expected) is very busy and can't do just a ton but she said we would have her support. So that's a pluss. Have not heard back from her since then, but I let her know all our ideas.

Synariel, I actually have thought the same thing. That is one reason I am posting all over the place so much. I figure if people see a decent amount of activity they will be more likely to join in. I have actually been PMing another member about that idea and she says she is game and will start posting more regularly to get activity up.

I am always up with keeping either or both RP boards up. I love to RP. I do a lot of poetry so I can post poems but it might be good to have other people post some fan fics now and then.

Misc. Randomness is easy to keep up on...

The ones I don't do so much in are the movie/book discussions and actors threads etc...

Unfortunately, we have over 25 current listed mods and most of them are inactive. Many are old members that have moved on. The only mods right now that I've seen active are Lhunardaien and Eä. I think we're in need of some new mods.

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Not long ago, I looked up all of our listedModerators and checked on their last login.Only about 3 had actually logged in this year.I messaged a couple and got a response from1, and then never got another reply.

I agree new mods out of active members would be a big help.

I actually have noticed your name on quite a few boards Jax. You're doing amazing work! ^^ But I don't really see many other membersPosting as frequently in as many places. I'm gladYou've got someone else willing to help withthat. I can work work more on the movie and bookBoards. And I am messaging all newly joinedMembers to help them feel extra welcome & Excited!

I think the current ratio of active mods and members is pretty balanced. I don't believe that having a bunch of new mods is the answer. What would that achieve? It's not like the handful of us are running amok.

Haha, no. We may not be running amok, but mods do more than just crowd control.

Our website needs things like, updates, new graphics, new layouts, etc. Those of us who are willing and able to do these things, have no power to help. Our website would be so much more attractive if people could see that it was regularly updated. And as we get more members, knowing that there are active mods, would give the new members security. If any of them have trouble registering or if any other problems should arise, it helps to know that there is actually someone around who can help.

Since we are small right now, I agree a whole slew of new mods isn't necassary. But at least one or two more out of active members would be helpful.

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